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as you suggest the law of the land is the law of the land. that will be the budget that is presented. >> okay. that's great. that's why we are surprised when it didn't reflect this time around. i'm happy to hear it will reflect the law of the land next time around. mr. secretary, last month the edition of the -- addition of the fief teen additional ground based intercepters will be deployed to alaska as a reaction to the provocation we had from north korea. this brings the number of gbi in alaska to the number originally planned during the bush administration with president obama. i have a question for you with the russian government consulted or informed that the united states was considering this decision before the decision was made and if so, when it that occur? >> well, the answer is not to my knowledge. it was not russian government was not consulted in any way. it was not decision that policy was not decided based on any consideration of the russian government. incidentally i would add that those gbi also not only really alaska but som
as you suggest the law of the land is the law of the land. that will be the budget that is presented. >> okay. that's great. that's why we are surprised when it didn't reflect this time around. i'm happy to hear it will reflect the law of the land next time around. mr. secretary, last month the edition of the -- addition of the fief teen additional ground based intercepters will be deployed to alaska as a reaction to the provocation we had from north korea. this brings the number of gbi...
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it's the law. >> i know it's the law. we're all aware that it's the law. we are committed to do that. an to comply with the law. whether it was a law or not. >> thank you. i appreciate that very much. i want to ask about the north korea situation and in particular interaction if you had ay interaction with your unterdan mr. secretary, fromchina and one of the know that the administration shares, is that north korea's very dependent upon china for the economic viability including fuel trading and in my slew, china could end some of the deeply troubling and bellicose behavior we are seeing from the leader of north korea, i know additional defense asset in the area because we are concerned about the north korea. if i can get a comment from secretary hagel or general dempsey about the chinese and what interactions we've had and how we can encourage them to tell north korea to knock it off? >> thank you. i will begin then i know general dempsey will say something. he noted he will talk about the leader for china in a couple of dais. i have spoken to my chinese
it's the law. >> i know it's the law. we're all aware that it's the law. we are committed to do that. an to comply with the law. whether it was a law or not. >> thank you. i appreciate that very much. i want to ask about the north korea situation and in particular interaction if you had ay interaction with your unterdan mr. secretary, fromchina and one of the know that the administration shares, is that north korea's very dependent upon china for the economic viability including...
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that is contrary to law. i would ask of you personally reviewed this regulation and the legal basis and make an independent estimate do you believe this is the right policy to take as it relates to pediatric dental. >> some manner, i will commit to do that. i know concerns have been raised about what is a proposed regulation. the comment. it's very much up in, so this is not a settled formula going forward, but i hear your concerns and i will commit to taking a personal lack of exactly what the impact would be on the families want to serve. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. adam secretary, thank you for being here. i have worked with several colleagues on a white paper issued yesterday and outlines concerns about the electronic health record program created by the stimulus bill and one of the chief concerns is the program wasn't thoughtfully planned in cms are insufficiently focused on the issue of nr operability. i'm also concerned the office as if the loss be focused on the blue c
that is contrary to law. i would ask of you personally reviewed this regulation and the legal basis and make an independent estimate do you believe this is the right policy to take as it relates to pediatric dental. >> some manner, i will commit to do that. i know concerns have been raised about what is a proposed regulation. the comment. it's very much up in, so this is not a settled formula going forward, but i hear your concerns and i will commit to taking a personal lack of exactly...
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attorney general, you are the top law-enforcement official. during this era to look forward to hearing how budget request make our communities safer, take firearms out of the hands of those who seek to do us harm and provide first responders and law enforcement officers resources to protect our communities, investigate crimes and prosecute offenders. at night to thank chairman wolf and ranking member =tranfour for this hearing and for you, attorney general holder, for this today. >> percentage of the authority of title ii the united states code and household oven, today's witness will be sworn. please rise and raise your right hand. youemnl ol swer or affirm the testimony you're about to give the visitors, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? at the record reflect the witness answered the affirmative. your false statement will appear in the record as you see appropriate. >> at afternoon, chairman rogers, chairman wolf, ranking them for fattah. i appreciate the opportunity of the 2014 budget for the department of justice and the recent ac
attorney general, you are the top law-enforcement official. during this era to look forward to hearing how budget request make our communities safer, take firearms out of the hands of those who seek to do us harm and provide first responders and law enforcement officers resources to protect our communities, investigate crimes and prosecute offenders. at night to thank chairman wolf and ranking member =tranfour for this hearing and for you, attorney general holder, for this today. >>...
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it's written in to law to continue. given that list of threats, and given the increase in risk that is occasioned, it would be fair to say that the sequester i.t. is the most security risk this country faces right now? well, it's certainly as i indicated in my testimony, it is consuming us, the intelligence community leadership for what it what we see happying to the capability and importantly the expectations of people seem to have. for our having this global insight. that's going to be very hard. if we sustain sequestration through 2021, which the law calls for, in fact if we go through another year of sequestration, as i said in my testimony to the committee and the stay before the house imedges committee. we are going have to rethink ence ecau like to add this.be the same. i want to e reemphasize the senior leader in the ic. in just to reemphasize what director clapper talked about. with do not want to damage that vital component of our capability. the sequestration, as you know provides us almost no flexible. not j
it's written in to law to continue. given that list of threats, and given the increase in risk that is occasioned, it would be fair to say that the sequester i.t. is the most security risk this country faces right now? well, it's certainly as i indicated in my testimony, it is consuming us, the intelligence community leadership for what it what we see happying to the capability and importantly the expectations of people seem to have. for our having this global insight. that's going to be very...
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the postal service is, a law-abiding arm of the federal government. congress passed the law. we reviewed it. we complied with it and informed customers which we did last week. our customers require certainty especially as something as fundamental as our delivery schedule. and so, we announced that we would delay implementation of our new schedule until we gained legislation giving us the ability to move forward, mr. chairman, we need the flexibility under the law to implement our new delivery schedule. we need the ability to develop, and price products quickly. the ability to control our health care and retirement costs. the ability to switch to a defined contribution retirement system for newly hired employees. the ability to quickly realign our mail processing and delivery and retail networks. we need a more streamlined governance model. we kneeled more flexibility in the way we leverage our workers to. contrary to arguments we hear from some parties it is not enough to merely res prefundingf retire health we can implement the five-year business plan. close, i'm sorry the $
the postal service is, a law-abiding arm of the federal government. congress passed the law. we reviewed it. we complied with it and informed customers which we did last week. our customers require certainty especially as something as fundamental as our delivery schedule. and so, we announced that we would delay implementation of our new schedule until we gained legislation giving us the ability to move forward, mr. chairman, we need the flexibility under the law to implement our new delivery...
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we have a responsibility to deal with that law, and we are. >> the people who made the law, we have the ability to choose to replace it. it's not that i don't want to put us on a sound financial footing, but i don't want to score the military in the process, so between now and this year, we have to talk about that in detail, how we end the war in afghanistan, and general dempsey, what would winning look like in afghanistan? do you agree with the definition of winning? >> yeah, i do, senator. by the way, thank you personally for your help on the detention issue. >> you found a good resolution to the hard problems. what would losing look like,n your opinion, in afghanistan? >> i think the recurrence and inability to control urban areas, and i think as well, and there's a long term relationship with them. >> is mori real affected by this uncertainty created in the budget process? >> absolutely. >> we are hurting morale but not having a better budget solution. i take that to heart. secretary hagel, what do you want to see the budget do this year? if you have a two or three item wish lis
we have a responsibility to deal with that law, and we are. >> the people who made the law, we have the ability to choose to replace it. it's not that i don't want to put us on a sound financial footing, but i don't want to score the military in the process, so between now and this year, we have to talk about that in detail, how we end the war in afghanistan, and general dempsey, what would winning look like in afghanistan? do you agree with the definition of winning? >> yeah, i do,...
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what this law does is allow states that already have laws on the books to carry out the implementation of those. so, again, our citizens -- we have no income tax. if the country and if society continues as is and sales tax continues to erode because of internet sales coming in from other places, what eventually could happen this our tate is we'd have to move to an income tax. so, you know, our citizens like it the way it is. i'm glad that this legislation is where it is. i hope it's going to become law, because i believe it's something that really creates fairness, if you will, in the marketplace so that all of those -- all of those who are treating -- who are selling goods in the state of tennessee and other places are treated exactly the same. now, i've heard some arguments from my friends in the participation community talking about -- in the financial community talking about this opening the door some kind of financial transaction tax. i'm on the banking committee and we discuss a the although of issues relative to financial thugs and transactions. i know of no reason anybody shoul
what this law does is allow states that already have laws on the books to carry out the implementation of those. so, again, our citizens -- we have no income tax. if the country and if society continues as is and sales tax continues to erode because of internet sales coming in from other places, what eventually could happen this our tate is we'd have to move to an income tax. so, you know, our citizens like it the way it is. i'm glad that this legislation is where it is. i hope it's going to...
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and let's be clear that law enforcement officials take an oath of office to uphold federal law, and they're going to continue to pursue drug traffickers and drug dealers and transnational criminal organizations, all of which weaken our communities, and they pose very serious threats to our nation. and too often discussions about marijuana, though, dwell on this issue of legalization and whether making the drug more widely and easily available -- which it would be when it becomes legal in those areas as it is now -- would make the problem go away with it was all legal. including enforcement of existing laws is a matter for the department of justice. the department of justice enforcement of the controlled substances act, the federal law remained up changed. we shouldn't lose site of the -- lose sight of the fundamental fact though. the most responsible public policy is one that restricts its availability and discourages its use. and i recognize that the marriage debate has taken up quite a bit of media space, but i want to turn to something that affects most americans, and the subject that th
and let's be clear that law enforcement officials take an oath of office to uphold federal law, and they're going to continue to pursue drug traffickers and drug dealers and transnational criminal organizations, all of which weaken our communities, and they pose very serious threats to our nation. and too often discussions about marijuana, though, dwell on this issue of legalization and whether making the drug more widely and easily available -- which it would be when it becomes legal in those...
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president because it is a terrible law enforcement democrats know how much after law this mess is, too. some of them are even finally willing to admit it. last week the senate finance committee held a hearing on president obama's budget for the next fiscal year. secretary sebelius testified at that hearing. i want to read an article from the newspaper "the hill" about what happened. the article is entitled "baucus warns of huge train wreck in enacting obamacare provisions." huge train wreck. the article identifies senator baucus as -- quote -- "a key architect of the president's health care law and quotes him telling secretary sebelius 'i see a huge train wreck coming down.' he added 'you and i have discussed this many times, and i don't see any results yet.' . it quotes the senator saying -- quote -- "small businesses have no idea what to do, what to expect." i agree with senator baucus. businesses have no idea what to expect, and this health care law is a train wreck. so what does this mean in the real world? well, it's causing businesses to avoid hiring or to cut back hours. there a
president because it is a terrible law enforcement democrats know how much after law this mess is, too. some of them are even finally willing to admit it. last week the senate finance committee held a hearing on president obama's budget for the next fiscal year. secretary sebelius testified at that hearing. i want to read an article from the newspaper "the hill" about what happened. the article is entitled "baucus warns of huge train wreck in enacting obamacare provisions."...
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it is the president's law firm. they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institutional pressures from the white house or anywhere in government. the task force recommends that the o.l.c. should periodically review confidential opinions to determine if they may be declassified and released. if opinions from the o.l.c. might some day be disclosed, the o.l.c. might be more mindful of its responsibility and act in an impartial manner and less likely to engage in advocacy. professor richard epstein is available to answer those questions. on the issue of the obama administration. candidate obama promised to close guantanamo and reject torture without exception or eequivocation. he also criticized previous administrations for executive seek recessy, including repeated invocation of the state's secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of court and he promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has full fit filled some of those promises and conspicuously failed to fulfill others. i
it is the president's law firm. they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institutional pressures from the white house or anywhere in government. the task force recommends that the o.l.c. should periodically review confidential opinions to determine if they may be declassified and released. if opinions from the o.l.c. might some day be disclosed, the o.l.c. might be more mindful of its responsibility and act in an impartial manner and less likely to engage in advocacy....
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but the automatic stay triggered by law was overridden by the air force. the contract delivered 20 planes to afghanistan. has a current of ceiling of $250 million but what is more concerning is the aircraft. two things here, the single acquisition will become the program of record for partner states and the air force has stated that as many as 27 countries may purchase this aircraft. even modest projections say this award could be as high as $10 billion. i don't think it should have been made and i have concerns about the fairness of the procurement but there is a cruel irony here. the last six years, brazil has afused to extradite a citizen. he lived in my congressional district and we have been working with the state department and doing everything we can do to get her extradited ere to come back here and face justice. they have thumbed their knows at us in this process. and so it's difficult for me as someone who has been dealing with this and the family back in ohio to see the brazilian government thumb their nose at the state department and the receiv
but the automatic stay triggered by law was overridden by the air force. the contract delivered 20 planes to afghanistan. has a current of ceiling of $250 million but what is more concerning is the aircraft. two things here, the single acquisition will become the program of record for partner states and the air force has stated that as many as 27 countries may purchase this aircraft. even modest projections say this award could be as high as $10 billion. i don't think it should have been made...
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we don't need the law to tell us. now, what price, mr. speaker, today do we pay for that law? 13 hours is the time the average taxpayer spends paying their taxes. you know, mr. speaker, #taxreform will bring folks to all the information that's been coming out of the house this week during tax week. hour after hour, 13 hours of productivity for the average, for the average tax filer. now, of course, some people's taxes are simple and some people's taxes are complicated, mr. speaker, and we're sucking that time out of their day. what does it turn into dollars, mr. speaker? $168 billion american taxpayers spend each year to comply with tax rules. $168 billion produces nothing. produces nothing. doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my
we don't need the law to tell us. now, what price, mr. speaker, today do we pay for that law? 13 hours is the time the average taxpayer spends paying their taxes. you know, mr. speaker, #taxreform will bring folks to all the information that's been coming out of the house this week during tax week. hour after hour, 13 hours of productivity for the average, for the average tax filer. now, of course, some people's taxes are simple and some people's taxes are complicated, mr. speaker, and we're...
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it is the president's law firm. and they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institutional pressures from the white house or anywhere in government. the task force recommends that the o.l.c. should periodically review confidential opinions to determine if they may be declassified and released. if opinions from the o.l.c. might someday be disclosed, the o.l.c. attorneys would be more mindful of their responsibility and to act in an impartial manner and less likely to engage in advocacy. and the professor is available to answer those questions. on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantanamo and to reject torture without exception or equivocation. he also criticized the previous administration for executive secrecy, included repeated invocation of the state's secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of court and the promise to lead a new era of openn
it is the president's law firm. and they have a responsibility to push back against unreasonable institutional pressures from the white house or anywhere in government. the task force recommends that the o.l.c. should periodically review confidential opinions to determine if they may be declassified and released. if opinions from the o.l.c. might someday be disclosed, the o.l.c. attorneys would be more mindful of their responsibility and to act in an impartial manner and less likely to engage...
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have been constantly reminded, it is the law of the land. we have responsibility to deal with that line that reality. who made this lot, i think we have the ability, if we choose to replace it. between now and the end of this year, we have got to deal with syria and we will talk about that in more detail. we have got to deal with how we end the war in afghanistan. general dempsey, wha ing look likn the way, let me thank you for your help on the detention issue. >> the well found a good resolution. what would losing like -- look like in afghanistan? >> the inability of the central government to control experiment areas and arteries. as well, i think it would be a loss if we did not have a long- term relationship with them. >> is more out being affected by this uncertainty we have created in the budget process? >> absolutely. >> the chairman and the joint chiefs of staff told us that we are hurting morale by not having a better budget solution. i hope we will take that to heart. thank you for your honesty. secretary hagel -- what would you lik
have been constantly reminded, it is the law of the land. we have responsibility to deal with that line that reality. who made this lot, i think we have the ability, if we choose to replace it. between now and the end of this year, we have got to deal with syria and we will talk about that in more detail. we have got to deal with how we end the war in afghanistan. general dempsey, wha ing look likn the way, let me thank you for your help on the detention issue. >> the well found a good...